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  1. omz revised this gist Sep 1, 2015. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion PythonistaFTP.py
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    @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def main():
    t = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever)
    t.start()
    print 'Server started.'
    print '\nConnect as guest/anonymous user to ftp://localhost:2121 (from this device) or "ftp://%s.local:2121" (from other devices in your network)' % (gethostname(),)
    print '\nConnect as guest/anonymous user to ftp://localhost:2121 (from this device) or "ftp://(YOUR_IP_ADDRESS):2121" (from other devices in your network -- you can find the IP address of your device in the WiFi settings)'
    try:
    while True: pass
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
  2. omz created this gist May 13, 2015.
    51 changes: 51 additions & 0 deletions PythonistaFTP.py
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    '''FTP server for Pythonista (iOS)
    You can use this to exchange files with a Mac/PC or a file management app on the same device (e.g. Transmit).
    If you use a Mac, you can connect from the Finder, using the "Go -> Connect to Server..." menu item.
    '''

    import os
    from socket import gethostname

    def install_pyftpdlib():
    print 'Downloading pyftpdlib...'
    import urllib
    import shutil
    os.chdir(os.path.expanduser('~/Documents'))
    urllib.urlretrieve('https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyftpdlib/pyftpdlib-1.4.0.tar.gz', 'pyftpd.tar.gz')
    import tarfile
    t = tarfile.open('pyftpd.tar.gz')
    t.extractall()
    shutil.copytree('pyftpdlib-1.4.0/pyftpdlib', 'site-packages/pyftpdlib')
    shutil.rmtree('pyftpdlib-1.4.0')
    os.remove('pyftpd.tar.gz')

    try:
    import pyftpdlib
    except ImportError:
    install_pyftpdlib()

    from pyftpdlib.authorizers import DummyAuthorizer
    from pyftpdlib.handlers import FTPHandler
    from pyftpdlib.servers import FTPServer
    import threading

    def main():
    authorizer = DummyAuthorizer()
    authorizer.add_anonymous(os.path.expanduser('~/Documents'), perm='elradfmwM')
    handler = FTPHandler
    handler.authorizer = authorizer
    server = FTPServer(('0.0.0.0', 2121), handler)
    t = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever)
    t.start()
    print 'Server started.'
    print '\nConnect as guest/anonymous user to ftp://localhost:2121 (from this device) or "ftp://%s.local:2121" (from other devices in your network)' % (gethostname(),)
    try:
    while True: pass
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
    server.close_all()
    print 'Server stopped'

    if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()